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Police: Man Groped Woman Multiple Times On L Train Near Union Square

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police on Wednesday were searching for a suspect who allegedly groped a woman's buttocks several times on an L Train near Union Square last month.

Around 2:45 p.m., the 25-year-old woman was on the L Train near the 14th Street-Union Square station, when the suspect grabbed her buttocks multiple times, police said.

The woman was able to snap a photo of the suspect before he got off the train at the station, police said.

There were no injuries reported in the incident.

Anyone with information was asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS, log onto the Crime Stoppers website, or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and enter TIP577.

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